cheerfulpraise:
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the establishment of state and local government police.

He also approved the dismissal of 37 police officers as recommended by the National Human Rights Commission Presidential Special Panel on SARS Reforms.

This was contained in the statement by the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission and Chairman Presidential Panel on SARS Reform, Anthony Ojukwu, during the submission of report of the Presidential Panel on the reform of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), of the Nigeria Police, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.>>https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-buhari-approves-state-lg-police/

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cnonyechi:


Am so sorry I think someone replied ur post with my moniker via my laptop cos am so surprised to see dis post and reply

In that case, I tender an unreserved apology.

cnonyechi:

nigga sharrap..i just browsed it now,you are so wrong

Scrrrcrew you and your leprous fingers, nitwit.

MrGidifeed:
Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje receives Zainab Aliyu and Ibrahim Abubakar today in the state house.

Zainab Aliyu and Ibrahim Abubakar who were recently freed from Saudi Arabia Prison after they were falsely arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking were gifted 3 Million Naira Each .

In attendance is the chairman , Chief Executive officer of the Nigeria Diaspora Commission, Hon Abike Dabiri Erewa.  


Source: https://ngg.ng/2019/05/15/kano-state-governor-donates-3million-each-to-zainab-aliyu-and-ibrahim-abubakar/
L

This reads like #FakeNews to me.

ugo4u:

▪KATE EKECHI
-She was sworn in as the 1ST BLACK FEMALE MAYOR in UK...
-She is an Igbo who hails from Nnaka in Anambra State

Congrats to her.

^^^Let me quickly make one important correction though. The first Black female mayor of a London borough was Lydia Simmons (Slough) - 1984.
Also, while at it, I should point out that the first female mayor of Nigerian ancestry was Erelu Lola Ayorinde (Wandsworth) - 1999.

Thank me later.

Chikpat:
This is good!
Sanusi simply reaped what he sowed. His interference in Kano guber election was the straw that broke the camel's back. I hate to think with idiots that it was because of his good role as the CBN governor that fools perceive was against GEJ. Whatever he did then was simply good for Nigeria.
Splitting the Kano emirate is not bad at all. People are complaining because the controversial Sanusi is the Emir of Kano at the time it happened. This is good for local traditional institutions. Will strengthened its effectiveness and is ultimately good for the local people of the state. For this act, Ganduje has immortalized his name in Kano and posterity will always remember "he was the gov that split the ancient Kano emirate into 5 modern emirates".

I have never understood why so many commentators on this subject comfort themselves with the emboldened statement above.
Curious still is that you then proceed to proclaim: Whatever he did then was simply good for Nigeria.
Do you see the contradiction here?

Moving swiftly on, Sanusi had my firm support when he brought the horrifyingly unprecedented levels of corruption which bestrode GEJ's stewardship into sharp focus. For this, I will forever be grateful.

What posterity will also recall, however, is that despite his new found status as an arrowhead of fiscal transparency in our nation; his embrace of a feudal system which oscillates along its own axis, ultimately became his undoing. Now before anyone dares to suggest that it is the circumstances surrounding his birth which predisposed him to embracing an institution with its own archaic set of rules, after leaving the CBN, let it be known that we all have free will. After all, when all is said and done; his choice to arrest the 'progressive thinking' which had previously shaped his outlook, for the trappings and adulation of royal office, was his and his alone.

Nah which one be 'Centre for Diplomacy and Democracy' again?
As for Catherine Kerigun, sources related to other sources suggest she does not exist

Listen, I am all for sending Atiku to a remote island that is surrounded by crocodiles.
But I am not going to co-sign a futile and ill-conceived exercise in psyops.
PDP was known for obfuscation and now it is clear APC is employing the same script too.

Guiltiness

Culprit #1: National Bulk Electricity Trading Plc
Culprit #2: National Power Training Institute of Nigeria
Culprit #3: Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Limited/GTE

However, because this is coming only a few days after Saraki landed an international appointment, many in the state believe the move is a mere smear campaign intended to rubbish the senate president before the international community. This is more so as he is the one singled out for such a probe among those that held office as governor in that period.

What international appointment? The same one we we looked into last week?
Someone's clearly having a laff

dorisnelson:
An igbo man who hails from anambra has been elected as a mayor of London borough of Brent, United Kingdom. The igbo man who goes by the name Ernest Ezeajughi made history by becoming the first black mayor of London. He attended aguata high school and proceeded to Nnamdi azikiwe university where he obtained a […]........http://dorisnelsblog.com/?p=367

^^^The first Black mayor of a London borough was John Richard Archer - 1913
Now if we take the view that he was mixed race and therefore not exclusively "Black", that honour goes to Lola Ayorinde - 1999.

Thank me later.

Onyekasuperkid:
You lie on Newspapers he personally rejected the bills.

You are right brethren. With the Guardian Newspaper now peddling falsehood as well, these have got be regarded as troubling times for Nigeria's 4th estate

@All,

Governor Dickson Declines Assent To Bill Seeking Life Pension For Bayelsa Lawmakers

29 April 2019



The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has declined assent to the bill seeking lifetime pension for lawmakers in the state as proposed and passed by the Assembly.

Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the State Commissioner for Information, in a statement said the governor conveyed the decision to decline assent to the bill in a letter to the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Monday.

The Governor held consultations with the Assembly members in his country home of Toru-Orua, where he explained his reason for declining assent.

He said the bill was inconsistent with Section 124 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

Governor Dickson said that he was of the view that the State Assembly lacked the powers to expand the categories of public servants who should be entitled to a pension.

He said that he had to withhold assent to the bill because the State which was bedeviled with a lot of challenges in spite of its low Internally generated revenue base and unstable earnings from the oil economy was the only state out of Nigeria’s 36 states to come up with such a bill.

According to him, he was guided in the decision by the principle that government should not be for a select class of the privileged in the society, and would not discard it over seven years into his administration.

“The lawmakers and indeed the Nigerian populace would attest to the fact that all decisions of his administration were guided by the strong urge to protect the public interest and promote the general good”.

He said that the quest to protect the vulnerable against the privileged few inspired the populist programmes of his administration which include the Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme with over 150, 000 beneficiaries, the Education Trust Fund, the scholarship programmes that are supporting our young people in their studies both locally and outside the country, the various empowerment programmes, support for the aged, the most vulnerable, massive employment, public housing and a number of other social intervention programmes which are already taking root.

He commended the leadership of the house for the healthy relationship with the executive organ and the high level of productivity as shown by the high number of bills and motions passed during the period insisting that their place in history was guaranteed.

He said that notwithstanding his decision to decline assent to the bill, he still holds the Assembly in very high esteem.

The Governor also noted that he had to set up a committee on the contributory pension scheme to make it workable so that the assembly members and other appointees at the state and local government levels who are interested can take advantage of it.

The Governor urged the Assembly members to liaise with the committee adding that if legislative action was required after the work of the committee, he would readily communicate with them.

Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2019/04/29/governor-dickson-declines-assent-to-bill-seeking-life-pension-for-bayelsa-lawmakers/

9iceprince:

children of hate always bringing Tinubu to matters dat affect your region......plz hw many governors dey 1 state compare to numbers of reps

My region?
You had better line up behind me and learn how to appraise issues is an objective manner, before I send your Aiyekoto self to the gulag.

Abi you think we operate on the same level of servitude ni? Mumurity.

Tinubu heralded this kind of 'authority stealing' post-99 but now Bayelsa has decided to move up a gear!

How Saraki, Tinubu, Odili, others rob their states blind through obnoxious pension laws

Kwara

...The 2010 law gives a former governor two cars and a security car, replaceable every three years. The governor is also entitled to a “well-furnished 5-bedroom duplex”, furniture allowance of 300 per cent of his salary (which totals over N6 million).

The law also gives the governor five personal staff paid for by the state, eight policemen, three SSS operatives(of which one must be a female), free medicals for the governor and the deputy.

Other entitlements are 30 per cent of salary for car maintenance, 20 per cent for utility, 10 per cent for entertainment, 10 per cent for house maintenance.

As a senator, Mr. Saraki is currently drawing a monthly salary and a quarterly allowance of at least N40 million.


Lagos
...Mr. Tinubu cornered for himself and his former leaders of the state pension for life, two houses – one in Lagos and another in Abuja (The notorious Akpabio’s law ranks better here as the house could only be either in Akwa Ibom or Abuja, not both).

The Lagos law also gives the governor six cars replaceable every three years( 3 for the governor, 1 pilot, 2 backup cars), furniture of 300% of his salary as governor to be paid every two years, a security detail same as in Kwara state, free medicals for the former governor and deputies and their immediate families.

Other benefits are 10 per cent house maintenance, 30 per cent car maintenance, 10 per cent entertainment, 20 per cent utility, and several domestic staff.

Rivers
...Like Lagos, the new law gives the former governor a house in Rivers State and anywhere in Nigeria. The former governor is also entitled to pension for life at the rate of the governor’s basic salary, 300 per cent of salary for furniture paid every four years, three cars every four years, free medical, and 10 per cent for house maintenance.

The law gives the former governor a security detail comprising two SSS operatives, four police officers, 30 per cent for car maintenance, 10 per cent entertainment, 20 per cent utility and several domestic staff.

Zamfara
...The law gives Mr. Sani and other former Zamfara governors pension for life, two personal staff, two vehicles replaceable every four years, two drivers, free medical for the former governors and deputies and their immediate families in Nigeria or abroad.

The law also gives the former governors a 4-bedroom house in Zamfara and an office, free telephone and 30 days paid vacation outside Nigeria.

Gombe
...The former governors are given pension for life, two vehicles changed in four years, two drivers, free medicals in Nigeria and abroad, a house anywhere in Gombe.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/162059-how-saraki-tinubu-odili-others-rob-their-states-blind-through-obnoxious-pension-laws.html

Scratch my back and I will scratch yours
Now this is the kind of legislative bill that you can expect to get fast-tracked in Nigeria

Outrage as Dickson signs bill for Bayelsa lawmakers’ life pension

29 April 2019



A crisis is brewing in Bayelsa State over a bill passed by the House of Assembly approving life pension for all past and current members of the legislature.
It was learnt that stakeholders in the state, including civil society organisations and political parties are preparing to protest.

The House of Assembly had triggered anger last Wednesday when it hurriedly passed the bill sponsored by the Leader of the House, Peter Akpe.

The bill approved N500, 000 post-service monthly pension to a speaker of the assembly, while a deputy speaker will receive N200, 000 and a member N100, 000 .

The swift passage of the bill by the lawmakers without conducting any public hearing angered most indigenes, who accused Governor Seriake Dickson of being the person behind the bill.

They perceive Akpe as a very close ally to the governor, having been a leader of the House. As such, Akpe is said to have sponsored most of the executive bills in the House.

A source at the Government House said the governor may assent to the bill very soon, not minding the protest from the people of the state.

According to the source, Governor Dickson may have been the one who sponsored the bill to assuage the bitter feelings of some party members, including the current Speaker, Benson Konbewie, and Peter Akpe, who lost out in the last election.

While the speaker lost the House of Representatives seat to the All Progressives Congress (APC’s) Preye Oseke for the Southern Ijaw constituency, Akpe lost in the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and therefore will not be coming back to the House.

The Guardian learnt that to make matter worse, the Government House has been silent over the controversy trailing the passage of the bill, making observers to believe that the governor may sign it soon.

The source said the governor and principal officers of the House had several closed-door meetings before and after the passage of the bill, fueling speculation that the bill is as good as a ‘goal’.

But civil society organisations and the opposition APC are not relenting in their bid to stop the bill with a planned massive but peaceful protest in the state capital, beginning from today.

According to the chairman of the state Civil Liberty Organization (CLO), Nengi James, the bill will not hold as it is against the collective wish of the people.

He described it as draconian, murderous and of no public interest “and so will be resisted not only through public protest but through intellectual discourse and other means possible.”

A former secretary of the CLO and coordinator of the planned protest, Morris Alagoa, said the action was necessary to tell the government that all was not well with the bill.

“You may play to the gallery and even display your ignorance in grand style. Every other Bayelsan seems to be asking why groups, institutions and individuals are silent about the recently/secretly passed lawmakers’ pension bill by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly.

“But I tell you, those waking up three days or more after the roguish bill was passed to ask the question (above) are insincere to themselves and seem to be taking delight in playing to the gallery.

“Except some institutions and groups, I have never seen anything in recent times that has united Bayelsans like this vexing pension for lawmakers, not just on social media, but on the print and electronic media, apart from the state government-owned media outfits for obvious reasons.

“Bayelsans of different walks of life have been venting their disapproval and anger at the action of the lawmakers since the bill was passed. And the condemnation has been total. Bayelsans will march in unison on the streets and roads of Yenagoa against the obnoxious and anti-people bill.
“The electorate are the employers and that is why provision for recall is made in the electoral laws. The coalition does not want any political colouration as far as this is concerned, it is just Bayelsa people rising for Bayelsa.”

Some APC faithful are also planning their own protest on the streets of Yenagoa today.

Though details were sketchy yesterday, the organisers, who do not want their names in print, said the protest would be massive and total

One of the organisers said: “The people need to exercise their right of expression as guaranteed by the constitution and democracy. So, consultations are on.”

A chieftain of the APC, Preye Aganaba, described the bill as self-centered, insensitive, preposterous and a sad reflection of the inordinate desire of the lawmakers for self-enrichment.

Meanwhile, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Governor Dickson, urging him to reject the proposed life pension bill.

The group also asked the governor to use his office as the “trustee of the state’s resources and consistent with your constitutional oath of office, to prevail upon the House to immediately withdraw the self-serving bill.”

SERAP, in a statement by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare said: “Public officials have a legal commitment to discharge a public duty truthfully and faithfully. Should you assent to the bill as proposed, SERAP will institute legal proceedings to challenge the legality of the legislation and ensure full compliance with constitutional provisions and Nigeria’s international anti-corruption obligations.

“The bill amounts to an incorrect and improper performance of public functions. It’s clearly an abuse of legislative functions by the lawmakers. Rather than sponsoring bills that would improve access of children in Bayelsa to quality education, the lawmakers are taking advantage of their entrusted public positions to propose a bill to collect large severance benefits.”

According to the organisation, the lawmakers are clearly the major beneficiaries under the proposed legislation. Therefore, by passing the life pension bill, SERAP said, Bayelsa State lawmakers have violated the constitutional and international prohibitions on conflicts of interest.

The letter read in part: “The people of Bayelsa would expect you, as their governor, to use your entrusted public office to act in the public interest, including by rejecting the life pension bill and prevailing upon the House of Assembly to immediately drop the bill.”

The group stressed that conflicts of interest as well as perceptions of such conflicts would undermine public confidence in the integrity and honesty of not only the Bayelsa State House of Assembly but also Dickson’s government, if urgent action was not taken to prevail upon the House to drop the bill.

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) cautioned the House of Assembly against the proposed life pension.

If passed, they argued that the new bill would repeal the existing pensions for governor and deputy governor law of 2003.

They called on the state legislature to drop the idea, vowing not to leave any stone unturned in its fight for good governance and accountability forthwith.

In a statement yesterday by its president, Bobboi Kaigama and Secretary General, Musa-Lawal Ozigi, TUC described the development as the height of impunity, insult and a deliberate attempt to widen the scope of fraudulent activities by politicians in the state.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/outrage-as-dickson-signs-bill-for-bayelsa-lawmakers-life-pension

AmazingELixir:



https://ihrc-geneva.org



International Human Rights Commission-IHRC

International Human Rights Commission-IHRC is a non-profitable International Human Rights Organization. The name of the International Executive Committee (IEC) of IHRC was declared on 24th December 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, the head quarters of UN.


The IEC have been established with 24th Member from 24 countries of Asia, Africa, Europe and America.Each member country of United Nations will be member of IHRC.


IHRC has been established for eradicating atomic weapons, conducting impartial inquiry of my torture in national or international level, mobilizing public opinion for peace and against war, materializing UN Charter of human rights in each and every country and to make UN a sovereign, neutral and rights organization.The IHRC will gradually take affiliation of UN and International Network bodies

I bolded some sections so you can read an come to some measure of understanding which I think for some reasons is eluding you.

Based on well-horned cynicism, my understanding is that Saraki is running with the other IHRC -- https://www.ihrchq.org/history.html
Yes, the one registered in Ukraine

Now however you slice and dice this move, it is a major climb down for Nigeria's number three citizen.
But then again, when you find yourself out of favour and cannot fall back on an expired medical practice, you've got to settle for whatever comes your way...

For the first time, the International Human Rights Commission in brief IHRC was registered on 29 October 2014 as the Civic Association IHRC in Ukraine: 23, Volodymyrska Str. City of Kiev 01001 . Its mission is to create an international network IHRC. As an international observer, IHRC is working in zone conflict in Ukraine. IHRC today carries out a number of activities related to monitoring the situation this country.

IHRC strives to help in resolving conflicts in the East of Ukraine by implementing various humanitarian and social solutions. On March 29, 2017, Mr. Rafal Marcin Wasik from Poland, together with the citizen of the Czech Republic Mr. Ladislav Tesarik and citizen of the Ukraine Mr. Iurii Kiperman, established a non-profit fund under the same name INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION,La Commission Internationale des Droits de Ľhomme ,Mezinárodní komise pro lidská práva - nadační fond. The headquarters of the organization is located at the address: 8 pesiho pluku c.p 2380, Mistek, PSC 738 01 Frydek – Mistek, the Czech Republic. Also IHRC has officially established the representational office of IHRC Ukraine 01001 Kiev, 23. Volodymirska Str.
In August 2017, the co-founders decided to include the Ukrainian organization (Civic Association of the International Human Rights Commission) to join in order to create an intergovernmental IHRC federation.Since there was an urgent need to extend this activity to other countries of the world in 2017, the Humnitarian Foundation IHRC of the same name was established in the Czech Republic, which took over many years of experience at work of experience in difficult conditions and became the coordination center of organizations associated with a common idea:

...Because what we do today, we do for Generations...

Since mid-2017, the IHRC Foundation has been collaborating with the International Commission for Human Rights of the Civic Association (IHRC) to increase the potential of humanitarian aid in the most vulnerable regions of the world. Therefore, the creation of the International Federation of IHRC began. Advanced discussions and arrangements are being held with similar organizations in other countries to help people around the world.

Official logo of the International Federation of Human Rights - IHRCF

plaindealer:




They know many Nigerians are gullible, lack exposure and easy to fool. Imagine a a whole Senate President forming with unknown, obscure and inconsequential group just to fool Nigerians.


Always a corrupt conman..

Una no go kill persin with lafta for this side

Saraki is pulling the wool over the eyes of his compatriots again - much like he did when he smuggled fugitive Atikulooter into the USA

No be current Ambassador-at-large be this?

Image source: https://www.ihrchq.org/nigeria-1.html

Gistpeeps:


In the new capacity, Dr. Saraki is expected to lead the diplomatic team of the IHRC in various diplomatic missions across the world.

https://www.everyvibes.com.ng/2019/04/senate-president-bukola-saraki-gets-international-appointment.html[/b]

^^^Is that right? Someone's clearly massaging Saraki's oversized ego.

Here are some of the other Ambassadors-at-large. Notice how the IHRC already has another Nigerian on-board?

Oguieke:
probably the language lacks words and therefore uses one word to mean many things....

Is that right?

The word Break has the following meanings in the English language.

1 Noun Flight
2 Noun Open Frame
3 Noun Dash
4 Noun Change Of Integrity
5 Noun Holdup
6 Noun Break Of Serve
7 Noun Shot
8 Noun Pause
9 Noun Modification
10 Noun Breach
11 Noun Fortuity
12 Noun Breakup
13 Noun Occurrent
14 Noun Crevice
15 Noun Hurt
16 Noun Interval
17 Verb Weaken
18 Verb Diminish
19 Verb Injure
20 Verb Fall
21 Verb Domesticate
22 Verb Change
23 Verb Turn
24 Verb Damage
25 Verb Change Integrity
26 Verb Divide
27 Verb Check
28 Verb Develop
29 Verb Break Off
30 Verb Interrupt
31 Verb Deaden
32 Verb Break Down
33 Verb Change Voice
34 Verb Go
35 Verb Lick
36 Verb Destroy
37 Verb Diphthongize
38 Verb Disrupt
39 Verb Pause
40 Verb Tell
41 Verb Get Out
42 Verb Outstrip
43 Verb Penetrate
44 Verb Become Punctured
45 Verb Detach
46 Verb Crumble
47 Verb Bust
48 Verb Disunite
49 Verb Shoot
50 Verb Modify
51 Verb Exchange
52 Verb Express Feelings
53 Verb Trip The Light Fantastic Toe
54 Verb Give Way
55 Verb Founder
56 Verb Appear
57 Verb Scatter
58 Verb Take Flight
59 Verb Get Away
60 Verb Change Direction
61 Verb Impoverish
62 Verb Designate
63 Verb Split
64 Verb Invalidate
65 Verb Break Away
66 Verb Ruin
67 Verb Disrespect
68 Verb Trespass
69 Verb Come About
70 Verb Emerge
71 Verb Violate
72 Verb Quit
73 Verb Give Up Habit
74 Verb Vary
75 Verb Finish
76 noun Interjection

When you know, you know.

Asari has gone for the jugular here

For what it's worth, it appears he really did align himself fully with the IPOB cause at one point.

I will be back to share my analysis in due course.

Say no to #AtikulooterCONtinua
Say no to #Lootocrats

22brains:
i said you're broke. gifting a pastor private jet is not a crime. no be person like you dey gift their babes expensive and exotic cars how much more a god of Man

Fixed

Tallest woman in Kogi state is reportedly 7 ft



Source: https://www.nairaland.com/3017691/nairalander-pictured-tallest-woman-kogi
Source: https://www.informationng.com/2016/04/photos-this-woman-is-reportedly-the-tallest-woman-in-kogi-state.html

According to sources close to other sources, that aeroplane (N47HW) is owned by SHILOH INTERNATIONAL INC.

Say no to #AtikulooterCONtinua
Say no to #Lootocrats

oduademon:
They are Hausas, its probably some shitty school in a muslim country in Africa or ME

^^^You cannot medicate yourself out of what is clearly a mental disorder with invidious remarks made on Nairaland. You need real help...far removed from the 'momentary high' you achieve after each post here

To detractors of a similar hue; how does an undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Texas Southern University followed by postgraduate degrees at the University of Iowa sound?

Welcome! My name is Aqeeb Sabree, and I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Iowa. My research is in Functional Analysis, more specifically I study Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces (RKHS) and Gaussian Processes. My dissertation advisor is Dr. Palle Jorgensen. My research interests include Brownian Motion, Stochastic Processes, Financial Mathematics, Data Analytics, Image Processing, and applications of RKHS to Machince Learning. Thank you for visiting my personal website!

Source: http://www.aqeebsabree.com/

Tapout:


i totally agree with you....likewise his friend. if he hadn't left Nda, he probably wouldn't be in such a situation today...how can u beat up someone to the extent of breaking his legs, in a supposed military institution the affairs of NDA should be looked into.

I am in full agreement with you here.

IvarTheTerrible:


When Obama was President, was he the most educated?

When Adolf Hitler shook the entire world, was he a professor?

Are academic degrees directly responsible for success as a Leader?

Margaret Thatcher read Mathematics, she excelled in Politics, Angela Merkel read Chemistry/ Physics, she is the German Chancellor.

Amina Mohammed is the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations today....find me her University degree.

Martin Schulz, the former head of European Parliament (2012 - 2017) has a high school certificate. Even that, he failed and failed.

Conclusion : Go and DEMAND for ALL your school fees. You got scammed.

People like you who lack basic critical thinking skills are the reasons why Africa WILL ALWAYS BE BEHIND

You dey mind that scallywag?

P.S The "Iron Lady" studied Chemistry before training as a barrister at the Inns of Court School of Law.
Also, Amina Mohammed is an adjunct professor at Columbia University (an Ivy league university)

candlewax:
so the government feels that someone in the CJN's category shouldn't have such amount in his account? The whole money is less than N50m.couldnt he have legitimately made N50m all the years in service? It's understandable he erred to not have declared. Banning him for 10years and taking his money is a witch-hunt

^^^No be just witch-hunt bah, you for declare wizard-hunt as well

How EFCC’s Report Forced Onnoghen’s Resignation

...In the dossier prepared by Ekele Iheanacho and Rotimi Oyedepo Iseoluwa, the EFCC catalogued various allegations against Onnoghen, raising questions over the legitimacy of $1,716,000 deposited, over time, into his domiciliary account at Standard Chartered Bank and monies found in other accounts.

Read More at: https://leadership.ng/2019/04/10/how-efccs-report-forced-onnoghens-resignation

We know how this one turned out

Bullhari:
[b][/b]


what if this is true?

You clearly don't know Jackson Ude.

Okonjo-Iweala Wins 6-Year Libel Case Against Online Newspaper, Pointblanknews

September 28, 2018

ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The High Court of FCT, Abuja has ordered an online news platform, Pointblanknews to pay a total of N200m in damages for a libelous story it published – and refused to retract after it was proved to be false – against former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in 2012.

According to Paul Nwabuikwu, media adviser to Okonjo-Iweala, the judgment by Justice Chizoba N. Oji in suit No. FCT/HC/CV/2602/12 also included an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants – the platform and its founders Jackson Ude and Churchill Umoren – from defaming Dr Okonjo-Iweala in the future.

Pointblanknews had published the false story, OKONJO-IWEALA BUYS N1.2 BILLION ABUJA MANSION in its edition of January 10, 2012 in which it alleged that Okonjo-Iweala had purchased “a massive home in Maitama, Abuja for a whopping N1.2 billion”.

The website alleged that Dr Okonjo-Iweala paid for the property located at No 3 Nwaora Street, Off, Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja, claiming that an unnamed source at the “property management company” confirmed the purchase.

According to the false report: “The Coordinating minister’s mansion, is a 7-bedroom duplex with boys quarters and a swimming pool, a massive masters bedroom with an adjacent bedroom dubbed ‘Madam’s Bedroom’ . The mansion, which is still unfurnished, could wear a tag of over N2 billion after furnishing. It has a red clay roof. The property is complete with top shelf marble imported from Italy, gold trimmings and chandeliers in the living rooms, bedrooms and a very expansive kitchen.”

Pointblanknews also accused the former minister, without any proof, of “pocketing $2 billion (two billion dollars) in commission in the last debt buy-back deal under the presidency of the Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration” (sic).

The story was subsequently proved to be a complete fabrication as Mr Fabian Nwaora, the owner of the property who was identified in the report came out to say that not only had Dr Okonjo-Iweala not bought any property from him, the building in question was still up for sale.

In response to a rebuttal issued by the minister’s spokesperson, Pointblanknews declared: “We have overwhelming evidence to prove she owns the mansion but if she insists we are wrong, she knows where to seek redress”.

But the platform was mostly absent in court throughout the duration of the case which went through two judges.

The court imposed general damages in the sum of N50m and exemplary damages in the sum of N150m against the defendants jointly and severally.

Source: https://sundiatapost.com/2018/09/28/okonjo-iweala-wins-6-year-libel-case-against-online-newspaper-pointblanknews/

Jackson Ude, nah true?

Pointblanknews: Jackson Ude The Face of An Online Fraudster

In a country where corruption is the order of the day and politicians have looted the country to a point of recession, the likes of Jackson Ude the publisher of pointblanknews and people like him have a field day picking on one politician after the other to blackmail, the model he adopts is a simple one, he brandishes the threat of publishing incriminating evidence and stories of a politicians corruption, a typical corrupt office holder pays him to not publish such a story and he smiles to the bank and in the case when a politician is not forthcoming Jackson Ude goes full throttle attacking the person with series of unverified and unsubstantiated reports just to malign the image of the politician and often times he is eventually paid to stop the stories.

In the past he has been accused of blackmailing T.A Orji of Abia state, Uche Ekwunife of Anambra State, stories of his blackmailing antics have been published on Sahara reporters a good number of times, and we have it on good authority that he pleaded with Sahara publisher to remove the stories, after publishing a story "Okonjo-Iweala buys N1.2 billion Abuja mansion!" which was targeted at damaging the image of Okonjo-Iweala certainly as a result of her refusal to fall for his cheap blackmail antics, Okonjo-Iweala sued Jackson Ude for libel.

In recent times Jackson Ude has gone underground scamming and blackmailing politicians and he has also become a blackmailer for hire, used by politicians to attack opposition and supposed enemies, he has become adept in the game of tarnishing the image of public servants in return for monetary gains, in due time we hope the government will do the needful and bring the likes of Jackson Ude to justice for perpetrating blackmail online.

Source: http://www.publicaccountabilityleague.com/content/pointblanknews-jackson-ude-face-online-fraudster

Chief of Army Staff, Gen T. Burutai awarded a contract of $444k to his girlfriend, Maryam. Funds paid thru the Nigerian Army Ordnance Tailoring Factory to one 313 Bureau De Change in Wuse Zone 4 Abuja. 313 wired the $444k to a Bank account in Dubai linked to Gen Burutai. LOADING!

Now I am not sure how to react to this one.
Should Jackson Ude, a known harbinger of #FakeNews, be given the benefit of the doubt?
Or should his allegations be taken with a pinch of salt?

Footnote: If there is a scintilla of credibility to what I read here, Tukur Yusuf Buratai needs to be given his marching papers and then subjected to the full weight of the law. Over and out.

Say no to #AtikulooterCONtinua
Say no to #Lootocrats

Islie:





https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/55-persons-shared-nigerias-n1-3-billion-during-jonathan-administration.html

Why do we never get our #Facts right in this country?
How is that the current government has only spent 1.5 Billion Naira - the equivalent of chicken change in our polity - on infrastructural development?

I tired for these unverified findings mehn!

Meanwhile, back in 2016

55 Nigerians stole over N1.34 trillion in 8 years — Lai Mohammed

55 Nigerians stole over N1.34 trillion in 8 years — Lai Mohammed

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has stated that 55 Nigerians have stolen over N1.34 trillion from the country’s treasury from 2006 to 2013.

Speaking at a press conference on Monday in Abuja, Mr. Mohammed said since the nation was on the verge of winning the war against insurgent group, Boko Haram, the nation and its people should also partake in yet, another war on corruption.

Mr. Mohammed said if Nigerians failed to cooperate with the governing All Progressives Congress administration under president Muhammadu Buhari, corruption would “kill the country”.

“Gentlemen, the situation is dire and the time to act is now. For example, between the period 2006 and 2013, just 55 people allegedly stole a total of 1.34 trillion Naira in Nigeria. That’s more than a quarter of last year’s national budget,” he said.

Out of the stolen funds, the minister said 15 former governors were alleged to have stolen N146.84 billion; while 4 former ministers stole N7 billion; 12 former public servants, both at federal and state levels, stole over N14 billion; 8 people in the banking Industry allegedly N524 billion; while 11 businessmen allegedly stole N653 billion.

Giving reasons why Nigerians should “own” the war against corruption, Mr. Mohammed said using the World Bank rates and costs, showed that one third of the stolen funds could have provided 635.18 kilometres of road; built 36 ultra modern hospitals, that is one ultra modern hospital per state; built 183 schools; educated 3,974 children from primary to tertiary level at 25.24 million per child; and built 20,062 units of 2-bedroom houses.

“This is the money that a few people, just 55 in number, allegedly stole within a period of just eight years. And instead of a national outrage, all we hear are these nonsensical statements that the government is fighting only the opposition, or that the government is engaging in vendetta,” he said.

The information minister said Nigerians must therefore support the government in the ongoing war against corruption, irrespective of political, religious or tribal leanings.

“If you have stolen public funds, you must not go scot-free. Everyone and every arm of government must rise up to be counted in this epic war, and defeat is not an option if our country is to survive.

“As President Muhammadu Buhari likes to say, if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria. There is no better way to say it,” he said.

Mr. Mohammed said the impression being created by a cross section of Nigerians that the war against corruption wa a vendetta against the opposition, and that indeed it is one-sided, was erroneous.

“This is not true and indeed very nauseating,” he said.

The minister gave example with the latest issue of the $2.1 billion arms deal, saying that it is clear that funds meant to fight terrorism were deployed to another fight- “the fight to keep then President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the PDP, in power at all cost”.

“So far, based on what we know, no one who has been accused of partaking in the sharing of the funds has denied receiving money. All we have heard from them are ludicrous reasons why they partook in sharing of the money.

“One said he collected N4.5 billion for spiritual purposes, another said he received N2.1 billion for publicity, while yet another said he got N13 billion to pay someone else for the Maritime University land.

“Based on these revelations, should we now fold our hands and allow these people to go away with public funds? Is anyone thinking about the innocent soldiers who lost their lives just because they did not get the necessary weapons to fight the terrorists? What about the families left behind by these soldiers who were sent to their early graves because of the misappropriation of these funds?

“What about those who lost their means of livelihood after the terrorists overran their towns and villages? What of the millions of Nigerians, especially women and children, who are now living in IDP camps? Is it not clear that the cruel fate that has befallen these unfortunate people is a direct result of the misuse of the funds meant to fight the terrorists? Are these not the true costs of corruption?,” he said.

Mr. Mohammed challenged the media to always bring to perspective what corruption has done to Nigeria, its people and image at the international level.

He said the Nigerian media must always reflect how corruption stifles economic growth, hinders the fight against poverty, leads to decay in infrastructure and reduce educational standards, lowers life expectancy, stunts the fight against maternal and infant mortality and impacts negatively on the general livelihood of the citizens.

Apart from the media, the Information Minister also identified, the judiciary arm of government as one of the critical players that would help rid the country of corruption.

“Unless this very important arm of government fully joins in waging
this war, the pending cases of corruption will just drag on until they outlast this Administration,” he said.

The Minister said his Ministry was also planning to carry a sensitization programme on the war against corruption to all the corners of the country, leveraging on the wide reach of the National Orientation Agency, NOA.

He said he would partner with other agencies of government, especially the anti-corruption agencies and the police, as well as the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption.

Table below indicates what 55 people stole from 2006 to 2013.

CATEGORY NO OF CASES AMOUNT INVOLVED
EX-GOVERNORS 15 146,840,800,000.00
EX-MINISTERS 4 7,050,000,000.00
EX-LEGISLATORS 5 8,350,000,000.00
EX-PUBLIC SERVANTS 7 (Federal) 6,906,600,000.00
EX-PUBLIC SERVANTS 5 (State) 7,275,000,000.00
BANKING INDUSTRY 8 524,560,000,000.00
BUSNESSMEN 11 653,150,000,000.00

GRAND TOTAL 55 N1,354,132,400,000.00

Source:https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/196981-55-nigerians-stole-over-n1-34-trillion-in-8-years-lai-mohammed.html

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Say no to #Lootocrats